Free programme tweaks

Tweaks to free programme:

STARTING POSITION: Go to starting position and raise the arms slowly into position.  Start with assymetric arms.  And a straight L leg.  Weight on the back (R) leg and L toe on the ice.

ADD A MOVE IN BETWEEN LOOP-LOOP AND AXEL: previously, I was doing a crossover after the loop (crossing R over L and pushing off onto RBO in preparation for axel).  Now, I’m adding a mohawk.  So after loop, step onto LFI (LFO?), then mohawk RFI to LBI, step onto RBO into axel.

FINISHING POSITION: previously I had assymetric arms as at the start.  Now, I finish the spin, glide towards judge, skid stop on L foot with both arms going forward.  Then slowly move the R arm in a circle down, back and into position above head.

General point, don’t eat the moves – chew the moves!  In other words, don’t just rush through each move, savour each one.

Level 4 free programme

More choreography – probably 1 min 40 or 1 min 50’s worth so far:

• Start in middle of rink on L foot, with R toe behind
• Push off onto LFO
• LFO 3-turn
• Step onto RBO
• RBO back 3-turn
• RBI to LBI mohawk, then hold LBI with arms above head
• Cross overs up the rink (towards coffee area)
• * Flip
• Slow cross overs to 2/3 down the rink
• * Axel
• (After the axel, I tend to do a small circle on the RBO)
• Step forward – down the rink – on LFO
• Cross R over L, mohawk
• * RBI entry into back camel-sit spin combo (needs 2 revs in each position)

New stuff:

• After back spin, step onto LFO
• Cross over onto RFI
• RFI mohawk onto LBI
• Push onto RFO, 3-turn once, and 3-turn again to RFO
• Turn R foot onto RBI and step onto LFO
• (Then IF time, do a chasse or if loads of time, do a little circle to get me ready for step sequence)

(Step sequence as before, which ends up on a RBI), then:

• Step onto LFO
• Cross over onto RFI
• RFI mohawk onto LBI
• Glide backwards on both feet (L leg is straight while R knee is bent, with weight on RBI) – body is rotated to the right with arms soaring overhead – think of the arms going up and back down again like taking a breath
• Step onto LFO 3-turn
• * Then into loop, loop
• After landing the loop on RBO, do a little hop (sort of like a toe loop) off the R foot onto L toe and then land on RFI
• Change to LFI
• LFI mohawk to RBI
• LBO, cross R foot over onto RBI, tap L foot down to change R edge onto RBO – ready for…
• * Axel, loop (additional, second axel in combination as a safety)

Now just need a little more choreography to get me to a forward sit spin to finish it all off!

Free programme – Level 4

The first 1 min 20 secs or so:

• Start in middle of rink on L foot, with R toe behind
• Push off onto LFO
• LFO 3-turn
• Step onto RBO
• RBO back 3-turn
• RBI to LBI mohawk, then hold LBI with arms above head
• Cross overs up the rink (towards coffee area)
• * Flip
• Slow cross overs to 2/3 down the rink
• * Axel
• (After the axel, I tend to do a small circle on the RBO)
• Step forward – down the rink – on LFO
• Cross R over L, mohawk
• * RBI entry into back camel-sit spin combo (needs 2 revs in each position)
• Skate around for a few seconds (maybe do a small circle of 4 forward anticlockwise cross overs) to recover from spin dizzyness
• Then get to barrier by judge to begin step sequence

Still need to insert two further elements:

• Jump combination
• A different spin